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> arrested in Italy and is now in custody in the United States unpopular opinion, but what is the point of having borders, countries and legal systems if they
by gethly 1y ago
> arrested in Italy and is now in custody in the United States
unpopular opinion, but what is the point of having borders, countries and legal systems if they are all connected into one global unit giving merely an illusion of separation to groups of people?
- dragonwriter 1y ago> unpopular opinion, but what is the point of having borders, countries and legal systems if they are all connected into one global unit giving merely an illusion of separation to groups of people? You didn't state an opinion (unpopular or otherwise), you asked a question. But the question is very much like asking why have defined property rights, property lines, fences, etc., when people still engage in voluntary trade and other interactions.
- jfengel 1y agoThey aren't that connected. It's a loose affiliation. Even then, it's only when they agree. If the Italians liked him he would likely have been protected.
- gethly 1y agoKim Dotcom would disagree about the loose affiliation...
- hnbad 1y agoThey aren't. The US is just in a unique position where its projected force in most of the world is sufficient to make other governments mostly do what they want without them having to even say it. Of course the US is also apparently trying to change that at the moment by speedrunning an era of self-humiliation and wiping out its economic influence and "soft power" over the mistaken belief that you can strong-arm international negotiations with military power alone in the Atomic Age.